to Dr Edgar Casanova, nuclear chemist and researcher of the CODICE (Conservación,
Diagnóstico y Caracterización Espectroscópica de Materiales) laboratory at the National
acknowledgements Coordination of Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Mexico, who were of
substantialhelp by
sharing their experience for tips and practical information on characterization
methods;
to Dr Helena Calvo Del Castillo, Council Administrator and teacher at the Belgian School
of Gemmology, Delegate and Examination Committee of the Federation for European
Education in Gemmology and postdoctoral researcher at the European Centre of
Archaeometry of the University of Liège, for her review on the characterization methods;
to Dr Anne-Christine Da Silva, assistant professor at the University of Liège, for her
comments on Optical microscopy;
to Dr Ziad El Morr, lecturer at the University of Beirut, Liban, for his review of the SEM
method;
to Alessandra Fiasco, Conservation scientist, for her support in the illustration.
to Dr Gwenaël Hervé, postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Earth and
Environmental Sciences (Geophysics) of the University of Munich, for his review on the
archaeomagnetism method;
to Dr Maxime L’Héritier, lecturer at the University of Paris 8, to Dr Stéphane Büttner,
researcher at the Centre d’Etudes Médiévales d’Auxerre, France, to Guido Buonfi glio,
Master student at the Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy to Nadia Cantin, Engineer
at the Centre of Archaeometry of the University of Bordeaux, France and to Dr Gaspard
Pagès, researcher at the French National Centre for Scientifi c Research, ArScAn -
Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité (UMR7041) for their bibliographical advices;
to Maria Mertzani, Head of Directorate of Conservation of Ancient & Modern Monuments
of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Dr Polytimi Loukopoulou & Dr Christina
Margariti of the department of applied research of the Directorate, for warmly supporting
this project by participating in the related seminar;
to Nora Ariadna Pérez Castellanos, Master in Materials Science and Engineering and Head
researcher of the CODICE (Conservación, Diagnóstico y Caracterización Espectroscópica
de Materiales) laboratory at the National Coordination of Conservation of Cultural
Heritage in Mexico for the pictures of results of characterization methods;
to Dr Isabel Villaseñor Alonso, Deputy Director of Research at the National Coordination
of Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Mexico, for tips and practical information on
characterization methods;
...and last but not least to Eftychia Tapini, for her patient multiple editing of all texts and
tables namely the “delete comma” adventure.
